King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

H3778 - Chaldeans

Strong's No.:	H3778

Hebrew:	כַּשְׂדִּי

Transliteration:	Kasdîy

Phonetic:	kas-dee'

Word Origin:	(Occasionally shown as the second form with enclitic, meaning towards the Kasdites), patronymic from H3777 (only in the plural)

Bible Usage:	{Chaldeans} {Chaldees} inhabitants of Chaldea.

Strongs Definition:	a {Kasdite} or descendant of Kesed; by implication a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people): into {Chaldea}) patronymicallyn.

Brown Driver Biggs Definition:	Chaldea or Chaldeans = "clod-breakers" n pr loc 1. a territory in lower Mesopotamia bordering on the Persian Gulf n pr m 2. the inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates and Tigris 3. those persons considered the wisest in the land (by extension)

Bible References: Chaldeans	Job 1:17 Isa 23:13 Isa 43:14 Isa 47:1 Isa 47:5 Isa 48:14 Jer 21:4 Jer 21:9 Jer 22:25 Jer 24:5 Jer 25:12 Jer 32:4 Jer 32:5 Jer 32:24 Jer 32:25 Jer 32:28 Jer 32:29 Jer 32:43 Jer 33:5 Jer 35:11 Jer 37:5 Jer 37:8 Jer 37:9 Jer 37:10 Jer 37:11 Jer 37:13 Jer 37:14 Jer 38:2 Jer 38:18 Jer 38:19 Jer 38:23 Jer 39:5 Jer 39:8 Jer 40:9 Jer 40:10 Jer 41:3 Jer 41:18 Jer 43:3 Jer 50:1 Jer 50:8 Jer 50:25 Jer 50:35 Jer 50:45 Jer 51:4 Jer 51:54 Jer 52:7 Jer 52:8 Jer 52:14 Jer 52:17 Ezek 1:3 Ezek 12:13 Ezek 23:14 Ezek 23:23 Dan 1:4 Dan 2:2 Dan 2:4 Dan 9:1 Hab 1:6

Translation Occurrences:	Chaldea ( 7 ) Chaldeans ( 58 ) Chaldees ( 14 ) Levite ( 1 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.